CalLuna Vineyards Estate Red CalLuna Vineyards Vineyard Chalk Hill Sonoma County 2013
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...what you are doing and give us 25 seconds -- this is going to FLY out and we want you to snag it. Normally $75 --- we bought a parcel of the highly rated (JG95!, WA94!, WE94!) Bordeaux blend last-second at a drop-dead amazing price...madness! Grab it while it’s in the warehouse!
“...super impressive, this wine has a dense ruby/purple color, a beautiful creme de cassis nose of floral notes and nicely restrained oak. The wine is full-bodied, beautifully pure and shows seamless integration of all component parts. This is impressive wine made very much in an elegant French style, but with the California purity and ripeness of fruit well displayed.” - WA
Hard to argue with that! At our price today? Awesome. Best of all, you can drink it with sheer, unmitigated abandon the moment it arrives. No waiting! Calluna is a somewhat still under-the-radar producer that we’ve sold for a few years now. Owner/winemaker David Jeffrey studied oenology and worked in Bordeaux for the 2003 harvest with Dr. Alain Raynaud at Chateau Quinault l’Enclos. This was his inspiration to make a “Bordeaux-styled” wine and he has succeeded brilliantly. This wine is deft, flavorful, pure and has wonderful texture without tons of weight. Delicious. The price? Crazy! While it lasts!
Calluna is the botanical name for the plant Heather. David and Marla Jeffrey intended to name the property in honor of a family friend, a young girl named Heather who, along with her sisters, is missed by many. When the Jeffrey family came across this plant on a trip to the Sonoma Coast, the name resonated and their hilltop vineyard would be called Calluna.
Technical Details
Country: United StatesRegion: California
Appellation: Sonoma County
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec & Petit Verdot
Varietal: Bordeaux Blends
Vineyard: Calluna Estate
Winemaker: David Jeffrey
Alcohol: 14.1%
About The Producer
Many years ago, it became my goal to make a wine that could stand on the table with the greatest wines of the world. I felt the only way to accomplish this was to fully immerse myself in this endeavor. I would only pursue this goal if I could plant the vineyard, live with the vines and make the wine myself.
That meant initially spending years in enology school and learning from those who were already successful. After many years of visiting wine regions and tasting wines from around the world, our adventure truly began in 2001 when my family and I left the East coast for Fresno, California where I attended Fresno State’s top Viticulture and Enology school. As a capstone to my three year program, I worked in Bordeaux for the 2003 harvest with Dr. Alain Raynaud at Chateau Quinault l’Enclos. My stated goal in Bordeaux was to go beyond being a cellar worker and closely examine every facet of Bordeaux vineyards and winemaking. Working with Dr. Raynaud was both a revelation and an inspiration.
The journey to Calluna has taken me around the world and led my family to this hilltop in the middle of Sonoma County. It’s here that we staked out our vineyard from bare land, raised our kids and began making the wines we’re proud to share with you today.
— David A. Jeffrey, Winemaker
Pairing Suggestions
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